If you are as amigurumi obsessed as I am, you may have noticed the voyages of djonesgirl’s pirate cat around the internet on Craftster, Flickr, Pinterest and more. Inspired by her adaptation, I decided to make one of my favorite characters of all time: Wonderland’s Cheshire cat. Here he is:

This pattern is from a Japanese book dubbed by English readers as “Japanese Amigurumi Collection Volume 2”. It’s available via etsy.com or ebay.com. The charts are fairly easy to follow if you have some previous ami making experience. I love that it is a great “blank canvas” pattern that you can adapt to make into any kind of cat you want.